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2026

Rand, Joseph, Anna Cheyette, Chris Talley, Steven Zhang, Will Gorman, Ryan H Wiser, Joachim Seel, Seongeun Jeong, and Fredrich Kahrl."U.S. Interconnection Queue Data Through 2025: Complete Interconnection Request Dataset and Summarized Data Workbook." (2026).

Seel, Joachim, Nick Manderlink, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Joseph Rand, Will Gorman, Ryan H Wiser, Will Cotton, and Kevin Porter."Generator Interconnection Costs to the Transmission System in non-ISO Balancing Authorities." (2026).

Relf, Grace, and Kathryn Chelminksi."DOE Fellows informational webinar: Distributed Energy Resource Interconnection." (2026).

2025

Kaduk, John, Jennah Denney, David Farmer, Daniel Aguirre, Taylor Mullenix, Nathan Walsh, Kathryn Chelminski, and Lisa C Schwartz."DER Interconnection Solutions for a Reliable and Secure Grid." (2025).

Rand, Joseph, Nick Manderlink, Steven Zhang, Chris Talley, Will Gorman, Ryan H Wiser, Joachim Seel, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Seongeun Jeong, and Fredrich Kahrl."Queued Up: 2025 Edition, Characteristics of Power Plants Seeking Transmission Interconnection As of the End of 2024." (2025).

Davis, Cody."Cost Transparency for Distributed Energy Resources Interconnection." (2025).

Ritzinger, Brian, Kate Tohme, Arthur O'Donnell, Ron Nelson, Grace Relf, Kathryn Chelminski, and Lisa C Schwartz."Promoting Economic Efficiency in Interconnection–Part 2: Cost Allocation." (2025).

Relf, Grace."DER Interconnection – Performance Incentive Mechanisms." (2025).

Chelminski, Kathryn, Lisa C Schwartz, Jeff Thomas, Juan Martinez, and Schuyler Matteson."Promoting Economic Efficiency in Interconnection–Part 1: Coordination Between Interconnection and Grid Planning." (2025).

Podpora, Adam, Cody Matthews, David Rearden, Calvin Monson, Kathryn Chelminski, and Lisa C Schwartz." Clearing the Fog on Interconnection Queues: Increasing Data Access, Transparency, and Security." (2025).

Davis, Cody."Power Flow Analysis for DER Interconnections." (2025).

Terwilliger, Hanna, Derek Duran, Ken Habel, Katie Cleary, Lisa C Schwartz, and Kathryn Chelminski."Speed Dating: Faster Connections Between Customer Resources and Utility Grids." (2025).

2024

Gorman, Will, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Joseph Rand, Joachim Seel, Ryan H Wiser, Nick Manderlink, Fredrich Kahrl, Kevin Porter, and Will Cotton."Grid connection barriers to renewable energy deployment in the United States."Joule (2024) 101791. DOI

Rand, Joseph, Nick Manderlink, Will Gorman, Ryan H Wiser, Joachim Seel, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Seongeun Jeong, and Fritz Kahrl."Queued Up: 2024 Edition, Characteristics of Power Plants Seeking Transmission Interconnection As of the End of 2023." (2024).

Gorman, Will, Joseph Rand, Julia Matevosyan, and Fredrich Kahrl."Transmission Interconnection Roadmap: Transforming Bulk Transmission Interconnection by 2035." (2024).

2023

Seel, Joachim, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Joseph Rand, Will Gorman, Dev Millstein, Fritz Kahrl, and Ryan H Wiser."Generator Interconnection Costs to the Transmission System - Summary Briefing." (2023).

Kemp, Julie Mulvaney, Joachim Seel, Will Gorman, Joseph Rand, Ryan H Wiser, Will Cotton, and Kevin Porter."Interconnection Cost Analysis in ISO-New England." (2023).

Seel, Joachim, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Joseph Rand, Will Gorman, Dev Millstein, Ryan H Wiser, Ari Weissfeld, Nicholas DiSanti, and Kevin Porter."Generator Interconnection Cost Analysis in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) Territory." (2023).

Rand, Joseph, Rose Strauss, Will Gorman, Joachim Seel, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Seongeun Jeong, Dana Robson, and Ryan H Wiser."Queued Up: Characteristics of Power Plants Seeking Transmission Interconnection As of the End of 2022." (2023).

Kemp, Julie Mulvaney, Joachim Seel, Joseph Rand, Dev Millstein, Fredrich Kahrl, Will Gorman, Ryan H Wiser, Will Cotton, and Kevin Porter."Interconnection Cost Analysis in the NYISO Territory." (2023).

Seel, Joachim, Joseph Rand, Will Gorman, Dev Millstein, Ryan H Wiser, Will Cotton, Katherine Fisher, Olivia Kuykendall, Ari Weissfeld, and Kevin Porter."Interconnection Cost Analysis in the PJM Territory." (2023).

2022

Seel, Joachim, Joseph Rand, Will Gorman, Dev Millstein, Ryan H Wiser, Will Cotton, Nicholas DiSanti, and Kevin Porter."Generator Interconnection Cost Analysis in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) territory." (2022).

Rand, Joseph, Ryan H Wiser, Will Gorman, Dev Millstein, Joachim Seel, Seongeun Jeong, and Dana Robson."Queued Up: Characteristics of Power Plants Seeking Transmission Interconnection As of the End of 2021." (2022).

2021

Rand, Joseph, Mark Bolinger, Ryan H Wiser, Seongeun Jeong, and Bentham Paulos."Queued Up: Characteristics of Power Plants Seeking Transmission Interconnection As of the End of 2020." (2021).